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...lead in making a high curve the shortest traveling distance between any two points in the U. S. DC-4 will heighten the curve, shorten the distance. Without pressurized cabins, planes now fly as high as 14,000 feet; with them, passengers will feel no discomfort at DC-4s service ceiling, 22,900 feet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: DC-4 | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

...called "money bonds," meaning that the price and yield are determined by the state of the money market, not by the state of the borrower's credit. Government bonds are the best example of money bonds. Typical corporate money bonds are Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. general mortgage 4s of 1995, now selling at 114; Chesapeake & Ohio general mortgage 4½'s of 1992, selling at 125; Consolidated Gas of Baltimore general mortgage 4½s of 1954, selling at 123; Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania first & refunding mortgage 5's of 1948 selling at 120. All these...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Bonds | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

Matches. Bolstering the Russian embargo the duty on foreign matches is upped from 4s 4d to 4s 9d per gross of containers. Imported cigaret lighters will pay a tax of 1s 6d each, a 200% increase. Domestic lighters will be taxed 1s, a 100% increase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Precarious Equilibrium | 5/8/1933 | See Source »

Even in Washington Jan. 20 is an inclement date for outdoor ceremonies. Weather charts reveal that its average temperature is 33° compared with 39° for March 4. Its precipitation is also higher. But not all March 4s are balmy. President Taft took the oath of office during an historic blizzard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: 14th Ratification | 8/15/1932 | See Source »

Atchison Gen. 4s...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: One Hundred Millions | 6/13/1932 | See Source »

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